Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Time Warner Inc.’s HBO won eight
Emmys, the most of any network, for its TV movie “Temple
Grandin,” the miniseries “The Pacific” and a film about
assisted suicide physician Jack Kevorkian.

AMC’s “Mad Men” nabbed the award for best dramatic series
and “Modern Family” on Walt Disney Co.’s ABC won for best
comedy during NBC’s live telecast of the 62nd prime-time Emmy
awards tonight at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

Cable channels dominated the drama, TV movies and
miniseries categories, while broadcasters won the most awards in
comedy. HBO’s made for TV movie “Temple Grandin,” about the
achievements of an autistic woman, won five Emmys, including
best picture. Also on HBO, the World War II drama “Pacific”
won for best mini-series and Al Pacino was named best actor in a
TV movie for playing Kevorkian in “You Don’t Know Jack.”

“There is no economic model that says you should put on a
10-part miniseries and make cash on it,” actor Tom Hanks, a co-producer of “Pacific,” said of HBO during his acceptance
speech. “Yet somehow they had faith in us.”

Julia Ormond and David Strathairn won Emmys for playing
supporting characters in “Temple Grandin,” while Claire Danes
won for her lead role as the namesake character. Adam Mazer won
for writing “You Don’t Know Jack.”

Fox’s “Glee” and ABC’s “Modern Family,” two comedies in
their first seasons, won two Emmys each, leading broadcast
networks to dominate the category.

Comedy Emmys

Comedy Emmys also went to “Modern Family” supporting
actor Eric Stonestreet and “Glee” supporting actress Jane
Lynch. Edie Falco won the only comedy Emmy for a cable outlet
for her role in Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie,” while Jim Parsons
captured the Emmy for best comedy actor for his role in CBS’s
“The Big Bang Theory.”

“Modern Family,” a satirical look at the complicated
nature of families today, also won an Emmy for writers Steven
Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, while the comedy directing award
went to Ryan Murphy of “Glee,” about a high-school singing
troupe.

In dramatic series, cable shows dominated, with only CBS’s
“The Good Wife” preventing a sweep of the genre for pay-television channels.

Bryan Cranston won for lead actor in a drama for his role
in “Breaking Bad” on AMC, owned by Cablevision Systems Corp.
and Kyra Sedgwick won for her lead role in “The Closer” on
Time Warner’s TNT. Aaron Paul won the best-supporting award for
his role in “Breaking Bad,” while Archie Panjabi won in the
category for her role in “The Good Wife.”

‘Mad Men’ Again

Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy won the Emmy for dramatic
writing for AMC’s “Mad Men,” the series about the advertising
industry in New York in the 1960s. Steve Shill won the directing
award for “Dexter,” the series about a serial killer on CBS’s
Showtime channel.

“Top Chef,” on NBC Universal’s Bravo channel, was voted
best reality program, ending a seven-year run for “The Amazing
Race” on CBS. And Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart” took the Emmy for best variety, music or comedy
series, its eighth straight win.

The Academy tapped George Clooney for its “Bob Hope
Humanitarian” award.